Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1887-06-21
THE LIBERAL ADDRESS.

patrlOtlc sentiments, lalTly eApTeSSeu anu
10 the point. They will be mainly en-
dorsed by the loyal people of both of the
great National parties throughout the
Territory. We wish we could say as
much for the recommendations in regard
TO the political action proposed, which in
the opinion of large majority OF the most
clear-headed and far-seeing Gentiles
will, if carried oIt, defeat the very
purpose it was designed TO accomplish.
This is the most important point to
be considered at the present time.
The principles of the loyal element of
Utah are too well known to require ex-
PLANTATION to those whose duty and pleas
ure it will be to render them effective, in
the greatest possible degree, at the polls.
The only practical question is how to best
consolidate the registered strength Of the
anti-Mormon element on the day of the
election. Unless this is accomplished,
the result will be sweeping and most
inglorious defeat. In no district or pre-
cinct in the Territory is the Gentle ma
iority sufficient to admit of division, or
even inaction, upon the part of any con-
siderable portion Of the registered voters.
THE DEMOCRAT has taken unusual pains
to ascertain the feelings of the
people upon the subject, and the result of
its investigation is most glaringly ad-
verse to the adoption OF such policy as
is recommended by the Liberal COM
mittee. That such feeling exists is, per-
haps, to be regretted, and it is not our
desire at the present time to discuss the
question of its origin or to locate its re-
sponsibility. That it does exist, and to
greater extent than most of the mem
bers Of the Liberal committee probably
imagine, is, nevertheless, quite certain,
and it is The Democrats bounden duty,
as an advocate of the loyal cause, to
direct attention to the fact, that
such action may be taken as
will prevent its manifestation to
the detriment Of the common cause
at the August election. The DEMOCRAT
most heartily endorses that portion of
4 resolution adopted by the Liberal Com
mittee which declares "that all attempts
to arouse partisan feelings, growing out
Of differences between Democrats and
Republicans, who are Liberals, would be
unfortunate and unwise." We would go
even further than that. We would have
had the resolution include the past as
well as the future, and denounced the
former successful attempts to arouse the
feelings of partisanship, which now
require the most judicious handling
to allay. This can only be done
by the adoption of the two-conven-
ton method as advocated by so
many of the most enthusiastic, but prac-
teal loyalists OF both parties, voiced
through the columns of The DEMOCRAT
This paper does not claim to have origi-
mated the two convention policy. 1t was
suggested by its observation of public
feeling, expressed by the most fair
minded, unselfish and personally disin-
terested Republicans and Democrats in
the Territory. 1t is confident that it is
not only the best, but the only policy
which will result in the election of at
most more than perhaps one member of
the House, and that the adoption of any
other will leave us without even a single
representative in the Council. There is
no discerning person who will not ad
init that the nominations should be
fairly divided between the two
great National parties. With this con-
cession there can be no question as to the
wisdom of permitting each party to select
its own representatives upon the fusion
tickets. When party lines are recognized
to that extent, it would be folly to assert
the right of Democrats to have a voice in
the nomination Of the Republican repre-
Sentatives and Uice versa Each party
has sufficient confidence in the other to
trust it to select only such men as can be
trusted upon the local issue, and nothing
further as required. This is affecting
the local result OF the ensuing
election, which is a small mat
ter compared with the effect
of such harmonious action of the
two parties, under the authority of their
committees, would have with the ma
tional political organizations in the East
There is no such body as the Liberal"
party known or recognized there. Nearly
every Congressman and Senator is elected
either as Republican or Democrat, and
when they see that the contest against
the Mormons in Utah is waged under
the joint authority Of the committees OF
the two parties they will recognize more
clearly the fact that the Sanity element
is not desirable element to cultivate by
either for political purposes. 1t is but
natural that they should place more
confidence in the action of
the Territorial committees of their
respective parties than in an organiza-
ton without any National representation,
and of which they know but little about,
except that it is in opposition to local
political body known as the Peoples
party in Utah. 1t is safe to say that
nearly every Liberal voter is in
National politics either a Republican or
Democrat. Those who really seek no
partisan advantage in the election,
but are disposed to act fairly and squarely |
IN the contest, cannot certainly object to
to each party being equally represented
upon the tickets and to each naming its
own men. Will any honest and sincere
friend OF the Gentle cause refuse to sup
port ticket so nominated? If not, then
the entire strength of both parties
can be consolidated in that way, and
that is the only end to be attained. That
there are discordant elements to be rec
onciled is fact too palpable to be ig-